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M. R. G. Davies
Michael abandoned a successful career as a newspaper editor to write fiction. As an author, he completed Desmond Bagley’s thriller Domino Island for posthumous publication and has written two sequels, Outback and Thin Ice, both published by HarperCollins. His debut play Rasputin’s Mother won the Bristol Old Vic playwriting competition and subsequent work for the stage includes The Seagull Has Landed (Power Plays festival winner), MacHamLear (UK tour), Reality (Royal & Derngate) and the book and lyrics for Tess – The Musical (workshopped at the RSC). He has written narrative non-fiction for worldwide television, had short stories and poetry commissioned and published, and contributes regular essays for theatre programmes.
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Polly Dunbar
Polly Dunbar is one of the best known author/illustrators working in the UK today, she has created many much loved books for children. Polly’s books have been adapted for stage and for screen.
Polly has worked with many authors including, Michael Morpurgo, Michael Rosen, Eoin McLaughlin and most recently MG Leonard.
Polly is also the co-founder of Long Nose Puppets, a children’s theatre company.
Daphne du Meowier
Daphne du Meowier is a proud ambassador of feline bookshop residents all over the world. This is her first book.
Katherine Dyson
Katherine Dyson studied Creative Writing at the University of Leeds and worked as a marketing copywriter and a greeting card verse writer for over fifteen years before finding her way back to fiction. These days she works as a teaching assistant in a reception class by day, and by night she writes uplifting stories about love, everyday heartbreak, and the common joys and fragilities which make us human.
Alison Davies
Alison Davies is an author, professional storyteller, and freelance writer from Nottingham, UK. She has penned over 60 books, including Quadrille’s top selling ‘Be More…’ series. Other books for Quadrille include The Mystical Year, The Lunar Year, The Zodiac Year, and The Self Care Year.
More recently Tales Behind the Tarot was published by Leaping Hare Press, followed by Goddess Tales, Floral Folklore, and The Stories Behind Astrology. Alison has also written books for Quarto, Bloomsbury, Penguin Random House, Cico, Watkins, and Michael O’ Mara Books, and she worked on The Little Book of Health and Happiness for the Cath Kidston brand.
When she’s not writing books, Alison is a professional storyteller and delivers sessions at universities throughout the East Midlands on how stories can be used as tools for teaching and learning.
Alison’s most important and demanding role by far, though, is being cat mum and human of choice to her three furry felines, Ziggy, Diego, and Honey.